Sunday, July 27, 2014

Saturday, July 26, 2014

A burglary suspect who police say was shot dead while attempting to
flee a Long Beach home this week was not pregnant, coroner’s officials
said Friday.

The home’s owner, who identified himself as Tom Greer
in an interview with KNBC-TV Channel 4, said he shot Andrea Miller,
28, even after she begged him not to open fire, claiming she was
pregnant. She was shot twice in the back. Her suspected accomplice,
26-year-old Gus Adams, got away but was later arrested.

Police say Adams and Miller attacked Greer, 80, after he walked in on
them burglarizing his home Tuesday night in the 3900 block of Country
Club Drive in the upscale Bixby Knolls neighborhood.

But when Greer produced a .22-caliber handgun, they fled. Greer
told KNBC he chased the pair and shot Miller twice in the back in the
alley, then pulled her body back onto his lot.

In his taped interview with the station, he said the woman shouted, "Don't shoot me! I'm pregnant -- I'm going to have a baby."

“I
shot her anyway,” Greer said. “The lady didn’t run as fast as the man
so I shot her in the back twice --she’s dead … but he got away.”

Greer told KNBC that he acted in self-defense and that the pair had burglarized his home twice before.

Police confirmed that the intruders beat Greer with their fists, body
slammed him to the ground and tried to break into his safe.

But in a news conference Thursday, Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell
said the investigation is not over, and detectives will present their
report to county prosecutors to determine if Greer was justified in
slaying the woman. More here:

Yes, because a couple of shitstains get to repeatedly rob you and then
beat you and attempt to kill you ... until you pull out a gun ... and
then if they start begging and running, you aren't allowed to shoot
them. Put me on the jury please.

Friday, July 25, 2014

You had such good intentions for when you got home from work: go to the gym, call a friend and sort out that paperwork. But after a hard day in the office you ended up slumped on the sofa in front of the television instead. If
you feel bad about it you’re not alone - scientists have discovered
that watching television at the end of a long day can make you feel
guilty and like a failure. More here:

That's
right. Everyone else feels guilty ... like a failure, if they watch TV
after work ... and you should too ... you know, if you're a brainless,
cud-chewing sheep.

This kind of crap cracks me up. One commenter summed up my feelings:

Oh, great! A "study" by a communications major, appearing in a Journal of Communications!

Yeah, sure: people watch TV every night just so they can feel guilty and bad about themselves!

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Israel did garner initial global empathy at the beginning of the latest
conflict, after three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank were killed,
but that changed quickly as the Israel Defense Forces moved into densely
populated Gaza in an effort to stop rocket fire from Hamas onto Israeli
cities and settlements. More here:

Right. Because Israel isn't supposed to do anything about the "Palestinians" firing rockets into their cities. Can't you see the logic? No? Turns out you aren't alone. Many people can't see the logic. For those people the media come to the rescue. Just refer to the cartoon above.